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title: Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters free… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 457 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 9 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 457 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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Bruh, did the old man really ditch Marfa in the woods?

- **1.** Nah, he just took her to the market — score 5
- **2.** Yep, he left her under the pine for Frost, and then he just drove home like nothing happened — score 12
- **3.** Nah, he stayed home — score 4
- **4.** Yep, he left her under the pine for Frost — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 12

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 12, tied with another option at 12 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 457, line 1: «The stepmother sends Marfa into the frozen forest, and the old man leaves her under the big pine.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «leave» (+4); the same thing acted on «marfa» (+4); the same place «big pine» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Wait, so Frost is literally her bridegroom? No cap?

- **1.** Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr, and Frost is the one who actually takes her into the forest — no support
- **2.** Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr, and everyone in the village kinda believed her about that — no support
- **3.** Yeah, the stepmother said so, fr — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Yeah, the old man said it, no cap — **← Mova's choice** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 378, line 13: «"The man took off his cap and mopped his brow," showing that the sun is getting hotter.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «cap» (+4); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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Why did Marfa not freeze like the others?

- **1.** She kept moving around the fire — no support
- **2.** Frost felt bad for her, so he wrapped her in furs and gave her gifts and a sledge — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Frost felt bad and wrapped her up because she was kind and humble to him and gave him warm answers — score 3
- **4.** Frost felt bad and wrapped her up — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 457, line 9: «Why Marfa lives: Frost "took pity on the girl, wrapped her up in furs, and warmed her with blankets."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «wrap up» (+3); the same place «furs» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-3). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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The stepsisters were so mid, right? Like what did they even say?

- **1.** They just kept bickering all day — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They just kept dissing each other and laughing at poor Marfa's new gifts all the way — no support
- **3.** They just kept dissing each other, arguing about who would marry, and insulting Frost to his face — no support
- **4.** They just kept dissing each other — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5}

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Ngl, what did Frost keep asking everyone?

- **1.** "Are ye warm, maidens?" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Are ye warm, maidens, and do ye need anything from the forest tonight? — no support
- **3.** Are ye warm, maidens, or are ye too proud to say so to an old frost? — no support
- **4.** Are you? — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Did the girls even listen to Frost, or were they salty?

- **1.** They were mega salty and rude to him, mocking his voice and refusing to say anything kind — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** They were mega salty and rude to him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They were mega salty and rude to him, not even answering his questions at all — no support
- **4.** They were quiet and proud to him — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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So the mom's kids are dead, and she's blaming the dad? Mad sus energy

- **1.** Yeah, mad — no support
- **2.** Yep, she's blaming him hard now — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** Yeah, she's going full drama on him — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nah, she's chill — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 416, line 2: «His son Petrusha gets angry at a woman who blames the Devil for her stumble, and tells her it is sinful.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «blame» (+2); the same doer «woman» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Was the old man lowkey guilty, or just following orders?

- **1.** He was innocent — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He cried and then drove off quickly — no support
- **3.** He just obeyed his wife without a word — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He fought back — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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Bro, what even is a pelisse, like a hoodie?

- **1.** A thick padded coat, kinda like a vest — no support
- **2.** A kind of hat — no support
- **3.** Like a scarf — no support
- **4.** A long warm fur coat, kinda like a parka — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 450, line 12: «A pelisse is a long coat, here made of sheep-skin, and he turns it "inside out so that the wool was outside."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «long coat» (+4); the same property (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Did Marfa get rewarded for being nice, or nah?

- **1.** Nah, she got a coat and a horse — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Yeah, she got furs, a veil, and gifts — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Nah, not really — no support
- **4.** Yeah, she got a sled and some coins — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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What's the vibe of the stepmom, like honestly?

- **1.** Super mean, a total evil witch — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Super cold, she's a total villain — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Mean, she's a bit of a villain — no support
- **4.** Kinda sweet — no support

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**Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Could the girls have saved themselves if they'd been nicer?

- **1.** Probably, since Frost likes kind answers and gentle words from people he meets in the woods — score 4
- **2.** Probably, since Frost likes kind answers, but the girls were way too proud to try at all — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Probably, since Frost likes nice folks — score 4
- **4.** Probably, since Frost likes kind answers — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1, line 18: «She planned to ask a lady "Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" but decided not to ask, because the lady would think her "an ignorant little girl"…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «polite word» (+4); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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To whom did the old man deliver the maiden, according to the stepmother's instructions?

- **1.** To Morozko, Frost, beneath the great pine, as she had ordered him to do that morning — no support
- **2.** To Morozko, Frost, beneath the great pine on the hill beyond the village fields — no support
- **3.** To the old frost king, under a birch — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** To Morozko, Frost, beneath the great pine — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 169, line 14: «Why: the fisherman was rewarded because he was "the first cause of the deliverance of the young prince."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in the forest?

- **1.** That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded by the spirits of the forest, who love the humble — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded, while pride and rudeness are always punished in the end — no support
- **3.** That cruelty is punished by the winter — no support
- **4.** That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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What misfortune befell the stepdaughters, in consequence of their conduct toward Frost?

- **1.** They were frozen to death in the forest — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They were frozen to death in the forest after they insulted Frost and refused to be kind — score 1
- **3.** They were lost in a snowstorm there — no support
- **4.** They were frozen to death in the forest, as punishment for their rudeness toward the bridegroom — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 2, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 457, line 6: «Who: Marfa is the stepdaughter, and Frost (Morozko) is the bridegroom she is sent to meet.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «stepdaughter» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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How does the stepmother's reaction on discovering the daughters' fate characterise her nature?

- **1.** She reproaches her husband with fury and malice — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She blames the girls and laughs coldly — no support
- **3.** She grieves quietly and forgives him — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** She is calm — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what something is like. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 402, line 10: «The fox's reaction: she "was less grieved for the death of her young than for her inability to avenge them".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «grieve» (+4). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/457-pg22373-part49/e4/)

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